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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2010
R. K. Michael Thambynayagam, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Cengiz Esmersoy, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Peter Gerhard Tilke, Belmont, MA (US);
Maurice Nessim, Houston, TX (US);
Annabelle Kania, Houston, TX (US);
Sudhendu Kashikar, Katy, TX (US);
Gregory P. Grove, Houston, TX (US);
Nader C. Dutta, Houston, TX (US);
Raj Banerjee, Abingdon, GB;
Jeffrey B. Spath, Missouri City, TX (US);
Christopher Hopkins, Katy, TX (US);
R. K. Michael Thambynayagam, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Cengiz Esmersoy, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Peter Gerhard Tilke, Belmont, MA (US);
Maurice Nessim, Houston, TX (US);
Annabelle Kania, Houston, TX (US);
Sudhendu Kashikar, Katy, TX (US);
Gregory P. Grove, Houston, TX (US);
Nader C. Dutta, Houston, TX (US);
Raj Banerjee, Abingdon, GB;
Jeffrey B. Spath, Missouri City, TX (US);
Christopher Hopkins, Katy, TX (US);
WesternGeco L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for performing an adaptive drilling operation is provided. The method involves obtaining data prior to drilling, constructing a base model with a base model unit from data obtained prior to drilling, constructing an overburden posterior model with an overburden model unit using the base model and data obtained from overburden drilling, constructing a reservoir posterior model with a reservoir model unit using the overburden posterior model and the data obtained from reservoir drilling and updating drilling operation based on the models.